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WoW: Forever Hotfixes for November 10 Rework Enhancement Shaman and Affliction Warlock

OFFICIAL Written by GPN · Nov 11, 2026, 8:00 AM ET · World of Warcraft: Forever · Gaming

World of Warcraft: Forever's November 10 hotfix batch is live, headlined by the first class-tuning round since launch. It follows the November 9 batch, which raised dungeon kill experience by 50 percent.

Classes

Enhancement Shaman gets the biggest rework. Stormstrike drops to 100 percent weapon damage from 150 percent and its cooldown rises to 8 seconds from 6, while Maelstrom Weapon now grants 20 percent reduced cast time and mana cost per application at all ranks. The changes reverse beta adjustments that had pushed the specialization toward spell power gear, moving it back toward Windfury ahead of the upcoming raid. Affliction Warlock is rebuilt around Wrack: the spell's damage drops 30 percent and it no longer boosts periodic damage, but while channelled it makes Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony tick 100 percent faster. Soul Siphon now scales 4, 8 or 12 percent per damage-over-time effect active, up to 36 percent.

Hunter pets had their health corrected from 150 percent of normal down to 115 percent, while Beast Mastery Hawk melee damage rises by about 80 percent and Arcane Shot now costs 11 percent of base mana at every rank. Warlock demons, including the Imp, Voidwalker, Incubus and Succubus, gain around 15 percent base health.

Auction House

The Auction House minimum deposit has been cut to 1 copper, down from 1 silver. Blizzard also fixed mail wrongly showing as sent from the Stormwind Auction House and mail arriving in about 2 minutes instead of the intended 60.

Items and Professions

All racial vendor mounts are now Bind-on-Pickup, and profession recipes get a tidy-up, including the Arcane Salvager now requiring the Runed Golden Rod and Iron Grenades dropping to a 1 silver 25 copper vendor price.

Quests and World

Most quests at level 48 and above now additionally reward gold, and the patch fixes graveyard routing, Pyrewood Village spawns and a string of quest blockers including Rescue OOX-22/FE! in Feralas.

Facts gathered from

• Blizzard News

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